Spaghetti Taco Pie

Spaghetti Taco Pie

Sweet & Spicy Orange Chicken

Sweet & Spicy Orange Chicken

Chow Chow

This Pennsylvania Dutch recipe adds extra flavor and color to a variety of meals.  It is much healthier when stevia is used in place of sugar, called for in most recipes.  Cancer feeds on sugar, so that's a good reason to go easy or eliminate sugar from your diet.  Most recipes can be revised to be a healthier choice by substituting NuStevia.

Ingredients:
5 cups coarsely chopped green tomatoes
5 cups coarsely chopped green cabbage
1 1/2 cups finely chopped sweet onion
2 cups coarsely chopped red bell pepper

1/3 cup kosher salt or pickling salt
2 1/2 cups apple cider vinegar
Just enough NuStevia to sweeten
1 Tbs. yellow mustard seeds
2 cloves garlic, finely minced
1 tsp. celery seed
1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes, or to taste, optional

Instructions:
Combine the chopped vegetables in a large nonreactive kettle or bowl. Add the salt and stir to combine thoroughly. Cover and let stand for 4 hours or refrigerate overnight. Drain the vegetables and rinse thoroughly. In a large stockpot bring the vinegar, sweetener, seeds, and spices to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and continue simmering for 5 minutes. Add the drained vegetables and bring back to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 10 more minutes. With a slotted spoon, pack the vegetables into prepared jars. Cover vegetables with the pickling liquid, leaving about 1/4-inch headspace.

Using a clean dampened cloth, carefully wipe the rims of the jars. Place the lids on the jars then screw on the rings tightly. Arrange the filled jars in a boiling water bath and add more water as needed, so it covers the top of the jars by one inch, and bring water to a full boil. Cover and continue boiling for 10 minutes. Remove the relish to a rack to cool completely.  Tighten lids again.  When cooled completely, wash jars and store in the pantry.

Orange Glazed Chicken

http://hopeful-things.blogspot.com/2011/12/orange-glazed-chicken.html

 by Hope Helmuth
Used by permission

How many of you like Chinese food?

I love it but every time I eat

orange or general tso's chicken

it seems so sweet and heavy.

Here is my creation of 

a healthy orange chicken.

Instead of the chicken being coated

in cornstarch you only have 1 Tbsp.

of cornstarch in the sauce.

You will walk away feeling

light as a feather.

No heavy gut feelings here.

 Saute chicken breast pieces in butter. Then add onion slices

and saute until partly soft. Add sauce ingredients and

simmer until thickened.

Taaa daaaa.... light, delicious, orange chicken.

Pair with cooked potatoes and salad.

Orange Glazed Chicken

3 large chicken breast, cut into pieces

3 Tbsp. butter

salt and pepper

1 small onion, sliced

3/4 cup orange juice

1 Tbsp. cornstarch

1 tsp. fresh orange peel

2 Tbsp. vinegar

3 Tbsp. honey

2 Tbsp. soy sauce

Cut chicken into pieces. Melt butter in skillet and add chicken.

Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Fry uncovered on low heat until done.

Add onions and saute until partly soft. Whisk together orange juice

and cornstarch. Pour into skillet and mix in orange peel, vinegar, 

soy sauce and honey. Simmer until thickened.

p.s. I really enjoyed this tonight. 

I guess I was hungry for orange chicken.

Blessings,

Hope